I take it they are not married. Just get possession of the dog and don't give it back. Proving who owns it will be hard to impossible, so just get it and force her to sue him for if she wants - which she won't do.

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
Let me see if I got this straight. Some broke ass bitch who 'used' to be your son's girlfriend (heavy emphasis on used to be), thinks she's got any say whatsoever in any of this. And a couple folks here actually think this broke ass bitch is going to go find herself an attorney to chase a dog? Unless the attorney will take ass in exchange for billings, this ain't happening. More likely than not this bitch is way too busy anyway shopping for her next free ride.

Forgive my bluntness, but your son needs to grow a pair and recognize his money, just like this chick, is history. As such, he needs to tell her to go F-off, block her number from his phone, and he and his dog need to move on to better times.

^^^This. Big deal said it about as succinctly as I would. I would just add getting the dog chipped and registered with animal control in his name will add future protection. The money is gone.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
I take it they are not married. Just get possession of the dog and don't give it back. Proving who owns it will be hard to impossible, so just get it and force her to sue him for if she wants - which she won't do.

From the several times that my office was put in the middle of a domestic dispute over ownership, this has generally proven true. While vaccine records (and even microchips) can be duplicated to muddy the water, few of these cases ever go to court due to cost, and aside from saber rattling, the one who has the dog/cat keeps it.

Didn't King Solomon have a solution??

As I recall, the Brady Bunch had an episode about this.

So, at first he played nice but finally came to the realization that this was stupid, not fair to the dog and he really wanted tom distance between them so he told he that the shared thing would not work and that it was unfair and confusing to the dog not to mention will get complicated when new relationships start up.

As expected she flipped out, threatened to come get the dog (she was told in no uncertain terms that she cannot set foot in my yard) then she got her crazy ass mother involved who is a self involved bitch on a good day. This ended with a bunch of threatening texts.

My son has done what was suggested from the start: Shots, rabies and registration in his name, chipped in his name and he has gone through his bank account and located almost all the purchases he has made for the dogs care which prove he was financially supporting said canine.

We are fully expecting them to try and take him to court and, as far as i can tell, the only thing they could do is get in touch with the former owner and get him to say he gave the dog to them and not my son.

when I realized I needed to get out of my last relationship (of 6 years) we had cats that I wanted. I waited until she went to work, loaded them up and was off to my parents house.. when she realized I had taken them I basically said "Fuck you take me to court", I still have the cats.

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Originally posted by Kevmo:
We are fully expecting them to try and take him to court and, as far as i can tell, the only thing they could do is get in touch with the former owner and get him to say he gave the dog to them and not my son.

He's out the money and if he lets her take the dog, he's out that too.
To hell with the old girlfriend and her mother. Even if the previous owner says who they gave the dog to, it doesn't mean shit.

He's been the provider in every aspect of dog ownership and as far as the County is concerned, (shots, license), he's the owner.
They won't do shit anyway unless this dog already has papers out the wazoo. CD, CDX, UD, UDX, etc. I'm just guessing that is not the case.

Whose house did the dog reside??

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Originally posted by jhe888:
I take it they are not married. Just get possession of the dog and don't give it back. Proving who owns it will be hard to impossible, so just get it and force her to sue him for if she wants - which she won't do.

This. If he lets her take the dog, I would put the odds at 90+% that he will never see the dog again. She will hold it over him, use it as leverage if she wants to play games or just keep him and tell him to sue if he wants him back. Possession is nine tenths of the law. Ownership is easier to maintain if you have possession.

(Missed the update - sorry, hate it when people do that. Hope thing works out for your son, I think he has done the right thing.)